Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-05
of $500 bail ne was sent to jail. Mason is

/ % years old and formerly resided at Orion
The large barn at Comstock. in Kalama-
roo county, owned by Caleb Patterson,
together with its contents was destroyed
by fire the other morning. Loss, s2,5Oo
Insured for g., 400 in the Kalamazoo Farm
ers' Mutual Cau-e, spontaneous com.
bustion.
ID. Wright of Whittakers Corners,
Washtenaw county, makes two trips an
nually TO England with collections OF
snakes, birds and small game. He sails
Aug Ii with an $500 collection, compris-
ing 200 snakes and as many birds and 9th
or game.
NJ. V. Wagners great combination sale
of booded stock at his stock farm in the
west part of Marshall a few days ago drew
an unusual large number of horsemen
from all parts of the United States.
This sale is pronounced the largest and
most successful one held in the west
Silas Smith. ex-supervisor OF Douglass
township and an old resident, went out TO
water bull he had recently purchased.
The beast rushed at him and when found
he had been disemboweled and was hold.
ing the lower part OF his abdomen up with
his hands Death ensued in IA few hours.
George L. Colwell of Harrisville, will
operate extensively in Oregon, having
formed a partnership with j. b. Montgom
cry. Montgomery and Colwell intend to
cut Il 900 900 to 20 100000 feet of yellow fir
in the next l. months at the Columbia
river lumber and manufacturing com
pany's mill at Shamokawo.
A serious accident occurred near the
Michigan Central and Lake Shore Gro
ing in Albion "A few days ago. A l2year-
old son of John Frederick, viii attempt
ing to board moving freight train, was
thrown under the cars, crushing his right
leg so as to make amputatlon necessary,
and otherwise in uring him.
Sheriff Anderson of Ishpeming was
thrown from carriage and seriously in
jured few days ago. His neck was bro
ken. Sheriff Anderson was one of the
most prominent Scandinavians in the
county and made fortune out OF the
Buffalo mine near Mega nee, of which he
was one of the di coyerer, In l,s6.
"Blinkeyn Morgan, one OF the men in
Jail at Ravena, Ohio charged with the
Cleveland fur robbery about a year ago
is the man who so mysteriously escaped
from jail in Grand Rapids some time
since, and the newspapers had a notion he
would tell how he got out so as to either
clear or implicate eX-Sherif Kinney who
was then in office.
Mrs. f.. Carte, an old resident of ST.
Louis, recently purchased the Eastman
house, large and commodious hotel
which the changing channel of business,
had left on one side OF town, and removed
it to her own lots She has had the build
ing thoroughly repaired and fitted up in
good style and will open il up as general
hospital on the lst of August.
Two trains on the Toledo, Ann Arbor,
& Northern railroad tried to pass each
other on a single track near Ann Arbor.
The attempt was a costly failure, as two
engines were smashed, several cars
smashed and a number of passengers bad
" scared. One of the trains was pas
senger train which was two hours late.
Somebody Numbered fearfully, but for
tunately no one was seriously hurt
A sanitary convention is to be held at
Traverse City August 24-25 under the
auspices of the state boarl OF health.
Among the sub jects for consideration are
the following: Disposal OF waste in Trav
erse City by sewerage and otherwise the
present and future water supply of Trav-
erse City; the best methods of warming
and venti alton; the work OF the village
health officer; the money value Of sanitary
work; the prevention of contaSiou, dis
eases; school hygiene; foods and their
authorizations; the drink problem and the
prevention Of insanity.
Capt. William \. Owon. a well known
citizen Of Detroit was instantly killed the
other morning by being thrown from his
carriage. For some time pa q the captain
has given every evidence Of mental un
soundness, and on the day of his tragic
death he was seen to be driving up Wood
ward avenue flashing his horses in a furi
Gus manner, when his carriage collided
with a passing vehicle throwing him vio-
lently TO the pavement He died almost
instantly. Capt. Owen was IA member of
the famous Twentyfourth Infantry, and
his untimely death leaves only two of the
captains of the famous infantry in De
trOit